Glossary
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Illusion
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1.
A mistaken perception of reality.2.Being deceived by a false perception
or belief.
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Optical
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1.
Of or relating to sight. 2.Relating to or using visible light
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Environment
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One’s
physical surroundings.
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Distortion
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1.
A twists of fact or a misrepresentation. 2. A change in the shape
of an image resulting from mistakes by our eye.
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Psychologist
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A
person trained and educated to perform psychological research, like
how the mind works and why people do the things they do.
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Cornea
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The
transparent, convex, part of the eyeball that covers the iris and
the pupil.
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Transparent
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Easily
seen through; sheer.
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Lens
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A transparent, part of the eye that focuses light rays entering
through the pupil to form an image on the retina.
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Retina
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The
delicate light-sensitive part of the inner eyeball, connected to
the optic nerve to the brain.
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Iris
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The
color, round, colored part of the eye. It regulates the amount of
light entering the eye.
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Pupil
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The
black round opening in the center of the iris, through which light
passes to the retina.
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Optic
Nerve
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The
nerve that goes from the retina, ling carry visual information to
the brain.
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Blind
Spot
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The
small, round , region in the retina where of the optic nerve meets
the eyeball. It has no rods or cones.
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Traits
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A
important part, of a person's character.
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Culture
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The
behavior, arts, beliefs, institutions, of a group of people
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Afterimage
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A
visual image that stays even after the visual stimulus causing it
is gone. |
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Background
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The ground or scenery located behind something. 2. The part of
a picture that appears as if it were in the distance. |
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Intersections
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1.
A place where things intersect, especially a place where two or
more roads cross. 3. Mathematics. The point where one line, surface,
or solid crosses another.
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Receptors
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A special group of nerve endings that responds to sensory stimuli
such as light.
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Contrast
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Two
different objects. Red berries standing in contrast against the
snow. 2. One thing that is different from to another. 3. The use
of opposing colors, objects, or lines, next to each other to produce
an strong effect in a work of art.
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Camouflage
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The
blending in of one thing into its environment or natural surrounding.
Disguise or protective coloring.
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Altered
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To change or make different |
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Superimposition |
When two film clips are shown at the same time |
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Mirage |
An optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted. That is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density. |
| Perspective | The representation of three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface. 3. The appearance of objects in depth as see by normal vision. |
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